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[[Professor Louis Hoffmann]] (July 23, 1839 - December 23, 1919) was born Angelo John Lewis in England. He was a lawyer, professor and the leading writer on magic, games, amusements and puzzles of his time.
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'''Professor Louis Hoffmann''' (July 23, 1839 - December 23, 1919), born Angelo John Lewis in England, was a lawyer, professor and the leading writer on magic, games, amusements and puzzles of his time.  
  
He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine that was later expanded into his book [[Modern Magic]]. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used  because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception.
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== Biography ==
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He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine (Every Boy's Annual) that was later expanded into his book [[Modern Magic]]. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used  because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception.
  
He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, Conjurer Dick.
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He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, [[Conjurer Dick]] (1886).
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Another one is named The Haunted Hat. If someone knows when it was published...
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
*Modern Magic (1876)  
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* 48 articles first serialized in Routledge's ''Every Boy's Paper'' became [[Modern Magic]] in (1876)<ref>''Hoffmann's Five Foot Shelf of Magic'' by [[H. Adrian Smith]] in [[Tops]], Vol. 1, no. 12, december 1936, page 47.</ref>
* The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic by Robert-Houdin (1877)
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* [[The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]] by Robert-Houdin (1878) (Translator)
* Drawing Room Conjuring (1887)
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* [[Drawing Room Conjuring]] by L.P. (1887) (Translator)
*Later Magic
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* [[Herrman's Tricks With Cards]](unauthorized, 1889)
*Latest Magic
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* [[Tricks With Cards]](1889)
*King Koko
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* [[More Magic]] (1890)
*Magical Tidbits
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* Puzzles Old and New (1893)
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* Conjuring Tricks with Coins, Watches, Rings, and Handkerchiefs (ca. 1900)
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* [[Later Magic]] (1903)
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* [[King Koko]] (1904)
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* [[Magical Tidbits]] (1911)
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* [[Latest Magic]] (1918)
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* Photo [[Genii 1951 May]]
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* The Sphinx, Vol. XXXVIII, No. Six, August 1939, Professor Louis Hoffmann's Centennial, Biograhy, page 155
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Revision as of 14:16, 28 March 2014

Professor Hoffmann
BornAngelo John Lewis
July 23, 1839
London [1]
DiedDecember 23, 1919 (age 80)
Bexhill, Sussex [2]
NationalityBritish
CategoriesBooks by Professor Hoffmann

Professor Louis Hoffmann (July 23, 1839 - December 23, 1919), born Angelo John Lewis in England, was a lawyer, professor and the leading writer on magic, games, amusements and puzzles of his time.

Biography

He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine (Every Boy's Annual) that was later expanded into his book Modern Magic. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception.

He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, Conjurer Dick (1886).

Another one is named The Haunted Hat. If someone knows when it was published...

Books

References

  1. Books at Brown, VOLUME XXXIV, 1987, ©1989 Brown University, Professor Hoffmann and his Modern Magic, page 80
  2. James - Haxton Correspondence No. 11 1964-1967, 15th April 1966, page 403
  3. Hoffmann's Five Foot Shelf of Magic by H. Adrian Smith in Tops, Vol. 1, no. 12, december 1936, page 47.
  • Photo Genii 1951 May
  • The Sphinx, Vol. XXXVIII, No. Six, August 1939, Professor Louis Hoffmann's Centennial, Biograhy, page 155